The vicinity it took place
The police in Lagos have
arrested an 18-year-old lady, Kafayat Olawale, for allegedly stabbing to death
her boyfriend, Ojo Ijabike, 32.
The incident happened on
Friday on Olutola Adebayo Street, off Idimu Road, in the Alimosho area of Lagos
State.
Investigations by Punch
Metro revealed that Ijabike, an indigene of Owo, Ondo State, had attempted to
forcefully have carnal knowledge of the suspect when there was a scuffle
between them.
Olawale, who hails from Osun
State, was said to have stabbed the deceased in the heart region, while the
32-year-old victim inflicted injuries on her.
The landlord of the house,
who heard the noise, was said to have broken the locked door and met the duo
lying in a pool of blood.
They were reportedly rushed
to a private hospital in the area where Ijabike, an electrician, gave up the
ghost.
When our correspondent
visited the Cele Egbe area, where the suspect was an apprentice in a
hairdressing salon, he met her boss, who said Olawale was tricked into
Ijabike’s apartment.
The woman, who did not
identify herself, said, “She is a little girl and I often tried to guide her
home whenever it was late in the night. She cannot hurt a fly.
“Ojo (Ijabike) bought her a
phone and she brought it to the office that morning. He called her and said he
forgot the charger at home, that she should come over to pick it.
“It was the charger she went
to pick when he locked the door against her and wanted to sleep with her.”
A young man, who claimed to
be the “real boyfriend of the suspect”, said the deceased was not in a
relationship with Olawale.
The barber, who said they
had been dating since 2014, told Punch Metro he had warned Olawale to stop
collecting gifts from the deceased.
“But she kept telling me it
was just a normal friendship. I tried my best to always please her, but I am
aware the guy was also giving her money and gifts and I knew his intention was
not pure.
“When he bought her the
phone, I frowned at it. I was told it was on Friday when she was on her way to
work that he called her to come over to his place to take the charger of the
phone which he forgot to give her.
“That was how he wanted to
take advantage of her and things went awry,” he said.
Our correspondent visited
where the incident happened on Olutola Adebayo Street and met co-tenants of the
deceased.
A girl took our
correspondent to the one room apartment of the deceased, which was shut.
A drama however played out
when our correspondent was directed to the landlord of the house, who quickly
denied being the owner of the house.
“I am new in this house and
just rented a shop here. I don’t know anything and cannot say anything,” the
elderly man said.
Other residents equally
declined to speak with our correspondent. Punch Metro subsequently visited the
private hospital, where the duo was rushed to on Modupe Shittu Street.
A worker, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, explained that the deceased was still alive when he was
brought to the hospital.
“When they were rushed here,
they were both alive. We, however, observed that the man was stabbed in the
heart region. He died soon after. The girl also sustained injuries. I learnt
that it was after the girl stabbed him that he collected the knife and began
stabbing her in anger,” the worker said.
Punch Metro gathered that
the deceased had first used the weapon to threaten the suspect so she could
submit to his desire.
Our correspondent was told
that while the corpse of the victim was taken to the morgue, the suspect was
arrested by policemen from the Ikotun division.
A police source said the
suspect was stabbed more than six times in her back.
He said, “The lady was also
injured. She was first hospitalised before she was arrested.”
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident, adding that
investigations were ongoing.
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